[juneau-lug] Re: Pine replacemnet

  • From: "Tony Taylor (ISD)" <tony.taylor@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 08:14:48 -0800

James Zuelow wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anthony Taylor" <tony@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>>    vonnegut$ telnet mail.paperdove.org 143
>>
>>Or, for sending,
>>
>>    vonnegut$ telnet mail.paperdove.org 25
>>
>>            - Tony "even telnet is too bloated, really" Taylor
> 
> 
> I didn't think about this until after I tried it.  So your firewall should
> have logged the attempts.  :)  I tried again with my own server here at
> home.
> 
> You can keep the SMTP syntax straight in your head?  I keep making mistakes
> & prematurely ending the message...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> James
> 


Oddly enough, I *do* use the "telnet host 25" to test SMTP 
installations.  But I can't keep the syntax straight either; I use a 
cheat sheet.

I also use "telnet host 80" to test HTTPD installations, as well. 
Sometimes the raw connection provides diagnostics no other method can 
provide.

        - Tony "We Don't Need No Stinkin' Clients" Taylor


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